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boldfaced

adj

Etymology

From boldface + -ed.

  1. derived from faciēs
  2. derived from facia
  3. derived from face
  4. inherited from face
  5. suffixed as faced — “face + ed”
  6. compounded as boldfaced — “bold + faced”

Definitions

  1. Of text emphasized by being set in a font having thicker strokes, yielding a heavier or…

    Of text emphasized by being set in a font having thicker strokes, yielding a heavier or darker appearance.

  2. Important, prominent.

    • boldface(d) names

  3. Eggcorn of bald-faced

    Eggcorn of bald-faced; impudent, brazen.

    • He had the bold-faced effrontery to ask for a raise.
    • During a visit to Britain, the US president contradicted Benjamin Netanyahu after the Israeli prime minister claimed it was a “bold-faced lie” to say Israel was causing hunger in Gaza.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. simple past and past participle of boldface

      • He boldfaced the quote so it would stand out even though I told him it looked ugly.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for boldfaced. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA